Article: Bitesized teaching sessions to increase physical health knowledge

Finding staff time for education and training can be difficult.  This one page article describes bitesized teaching sessions delivered in the clinical environment which provides staff with an opportunity to refresh their knowledge and identify their own learning needs

Thompson, S. 2020.  Bitesized teaching sessions to increase physical health knowledge.  Nursing Times, 116 (2) p 29.

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Report: Never too busy to learn: how the modern team can learn together in the busy work place

This publication explores how learning environments can be created in busy clinical settings and workplaces and have bought together a range of case studies and examples of how NHS Trusts are doing this.   Examples include huddles, ward rounds, schwartz rounds, simulation, and social media such as WhatsApp and Twitter journal clubs.

Royal College of Physicians & NHS Health Education England, 2019.  Never too busy too learn: how the modern team can learn together in the busy work place. 

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Article: Clinical supervision in nursing practice

This article provides an overview of clinical supervision, outlining its features and functions.  It includes 3 case studies relating to group clinical supervision, discussing how this was implemented in each case and the various methods of group working that were used.

Driscoll, J. et al. 2019.  Enhance the quality of clinical supervision in nursing practice.  Nursing Standard, 34 (5) p 43-47.

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eHospice: 10 minute teaching sessions

Sonia Bedford, Deputy Ward Manager at the Prince of Wales Hospice in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, explains how 10 minute lessons are empowering their clinical staff.

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eHospice: Workforce and learning development in hospices

Anita Hayes, the new Head of Learning and Workforce at Hospice UK, rounds up seven top tips to help support workforce learning in hospices.

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New Books: Presentations ~ Interviewing ~ Training Skills

A range of books known as Speed Reads, all available on loan from the library.

Presentations - this book will help you deliver presentations, speeches, and other public speaking with confidence and flair.  32 pages.

Interviewing - with this book you'll learn how to make good interviewing a useful and informative part of the recruitment process, rather than a scary and uncomfortable ordeal. 32 pagses

Training Skills  - offers practical tools and templates to run good training sessions.  32 pages.


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